Definition of vulgare

1. vulgar [ a ] lacking refinement or cultivation or tasteExamples:"he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind""behavior that branded him as common""an untutored and uncouth human being""an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy""the vulgar display of the newly rich"

Used in print:

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

The cowboy films , the cops and robbers films , and the slapstick comedy films culminating in an insane chase are not_only catering to what critics may assume to be a vulgar taste for violence ; these films and these sequences are also seeking_out - instinctively or by_design - the peculiarly cinematic elements of narrative .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

But it is characteristic of him , we are told , `` his little artifice '' , to be able to introduce `` into a fairly vulgar and humorous piece of hackwork a sudden phrase of genuine creative art '' .

2. vulgar [ a ] lacking refinement or cultivation or tasteExamples:"he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind""behavior that branded him as common""an untutored and uncouth human being""an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy""appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"

3. vulgar [ a ] being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languageExamples:"common parlance""a vernacular term""vernacular speakers""the vulgar tongue of the masses""the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

4. vulgar [ a ] of or associated with the great masses of peopleExamples:"the common people in those days suffered greatly""behavior that branded him as common""his square plebeian nose""a vulgar and objectionable person""the unwashed masses"